News Archive - 2017

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.2.0 RC2.
This release is the second Release Candidate for 7.2.0.
All users of PHP are encouraged to test this version carefully, and report any bugs
and incompatibilities in the bug tracking system.

THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!

For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the
NEWS file,
or the UPGRADING
file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These files can also be found in the release archive.

For source downloads of PHP 7.2.0 Release Candidate 2 please visit the
download page,
Windows sources and binaries can be found at
windows.php.net/qa/.

The next Relase Candidate will be announced on the 28th of September.
You can also read the full list of planned releases on
our wiki.

One of the largest and most popular PHP Conferences in Europe, PHPNW17 is a long-running community-based conference, held in Manchester, UK and run on a not-for-profit basis. It is overwhelmingly supported by industry leaders, code experts, web developers and businesses across the world. This year, we are celebrating our 10th conference year, and we aim to be bigger and better than ever before.

The PHPNW Conference has a reputation within the PHP community as a "go to" conference due to its inspiring content, friendly atmosphere and networking opportunities. Our delegates come to our Conference because they are specifically interested in new technologies and ways to improve their skills through our tutorials and talks, as well as the awesome (unofficial) corridor track!

The conference starts with a tutorial day on 29th September 2017, followed by a three-track conference on the Saturday (30th September) and Sunday (1st October). As an additional bonus we have a populare Unconference running alongside the other three tracks on the Saturday.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.2.0 Release
Candidate 1. This release is the first Release Candidate for 7.2.0.
All users of PHP are encouraged to test this version carefully, and report any bugs
and incompatibilities in the bug tracking system.

THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!

For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the
NEWS file,
or the UPGRADING
file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These files can also be found in the release archive.

For source downloads of PHP 7.2.0 Release Candidate 1 please visit the
download page,
Windows sources and binaries can be found at
windows.php.net/qa/.

The second Relase Candidate will be released on the 14th of September.
You can also read the full list of planned releases on
our wiki.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.2.0 Beta 3.
This release is the third and final beta for 7.2.0. All users of PHP are encouraged
to test this version carefully, and report any bugs and incompatibilities in the
bug tracking system.

THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!

For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the
NEWS file,
or the UPGRADING
file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These files can also be found in the release archive.

For source downloads of PHP 7.2.0 Beta 3 please visit the
download page,
Windows sources and binaries can be found at
windows.php.net/qa/.

The first Relase Candidate will be released on the 31th of August.
You can also read the full list of planned releases on
our wiki.

We are happy to announce the CFP for SunshinePHP 2018 has launched at https://cfp.sunshinephp.com where we will accept talk submissions until September 30th, 2017.

SunshinePHP hit it's 6th year and will happen from February 8th to 10th, 2018 in sunny Miami, Florida. As one of the largest community conferences in the U.S. there is no doubt the schedule will be amazing this year. We will have a full tutorial day featuring 3-hour sessions followed by 2 days of 1-hour talks and inspirational keynotes.

The Minnesota PHP User Group is proud to announce that the Call for Papers for the Midwest PHP 2018 Conference is now open through November 20, 2017. Abstracts can be submitted to https://cfp.midwestphp.org. Whether you are a seasoned speaker or someone just looking to speak at your first conference, we want to see your submissions.

This year's speaker package includes:

Full conference pass

Speaker dinner the night before the conference

Lunch, receptions, and activities included in regular conference

Complimentary airfare/travel

Two complimentary hotel nights

The Midwest PHP conference will be held at the Radisson Blu located within Mall of America in Bloomington, MN on March 9th and 10th. For more information about the venue and conference visit 2018.midwestphp.org.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.2.0 Beta 2.
This release is the second beta for 7.2.0. All users of PHP are encouraged to test this
version carefully, and report any bugs and incompatibilities in the
bug tracking system.

THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!

For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the
NEWS file,
or the UPGRADING
file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These files can also be found in the release archive.

For source downloads of PHP 7.2.0 Beta 2 please visit the
download page,
Windows sources and binaries can be found at
windows.php.net/qa/.

The third and final beta will be released on the 17th of August.
You can also read the full list of planned releases on
our wiki.

PHPBenelux Conference is an annual PHP oriented conference in Antwerp, Belgium and will take place on January 26 & 27 2018. We offer two days of stellar tutorials and talks, epic social events and a lineup of the best local and international businesses involved with PHP.

We like to invite speakers to submit their tutorials and talks at PHPBenelux CfP. Speakers have until Monday, October 2, 2017 to submit their proposals.

Follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook to stay updated with news from the PHPBenelux crew.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.2.0 Beta 1.
This release is the first beta for 7.2.0. All users of PHP are encouraged to test this
version carefully, and report any bugs and incompatibilities in the
bug tracking system.

THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!

PHP 7.2.0 Beta 1 builds on previous releases with:

The much anticipated Sodium extension

Opcache improvements

Countable support for DOMNodeList and DOMNamedNodeMap

Improved handling for invalid UTF8 in json_decode()

And many bugfixes...

For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the
NEWS file,
or the UPGRADING
file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These files can also be found in the release archive.

For source downloads of PHP 7.2.0 Beta 1 please visit the
download page,
Windows sources and binaries can be found at
windows.php.net/qa/.

The second beta will be released on the 3rd of August.
You can also read the full list of planned releases on
our wiki.

This year a number of changes have been made based upon attendee feedback, the biggest being an over 50% a drop in cost, with tickets available now as low as $325. The conference also is now just 2 days long, running on November 15th & 16th, and includes workshops as well as regular sessions.

Monday & Tuesday before the conference are filled with multiple full-day training classes taught by experts in their fields.

Overall we received amazing submissions to the Call for Speakers and the schedule this year we believe to be one of our best yet. Don't miss out on the highly reduced cost this year! We look forward to seeing everyone in D.C. this fall for an amazing 2 days of professional PHP content at the best price around.

phpCE is a first edition of the community conference for PHP programmers and enthusiasts. The meeting was stablished by merging two nation-wide events: PHPCon Poland and Brno PHP Conference. This edition will take place in the Ossa Congress & Spa Hotel near Rawa Mazowicka, Poland on November 3rd - 5th.

The unique feature of the php Central Europe Conference is three-path split of agenda, according to difficulty level of talks: Relaxing, Intermediate and Geek. Submitting a talk you must point a proper level and suggest the Program Committee, which one do you prefer. In general, talks given in the Relaxing path should be done in native language of hosting country (Polish this year).

We strongly encourage potential speakers to submit more than one submission on more than one topic. The more submissions you contribute, the more options you give us to pick you. Be sure your talk title and abstract define the exact topic you want to talk about and what you hope people will learn from the session. In previous years, some submissions sounded interesting but we just didn't have enough detail for them to make the final cut.

php Central Europe Conference is not limited to just PHP-related talks. There have been sessions covering a wide range of topics supporting PHP developers and DevOps as well, and we encourage you to "think outside the box" to come up with your own unique topics. To get the ideas flowing, here's a few suggestions:

APIs (REST, SOAP, etc.),

Case Study,

Continuous Delivery,

Database,

Design Approach,

Development and Maintennance,

Devops Life,

Frameworks and CMSes,

PHP Involved Technologies,

Project Management, Team Building,

Profiling and Performance,

Security,

Testing,

UI/UX,

Upstream,

and other.

When the Call for Papers closes, the organizers will sort through the submissions, making their selections. Speakers will be notified as soon as the selection process has been completed.

Our speaker package for this year's event includes:

Full conference pass,

2 complimentary hotel nights,

Additional complimentary night (Thu/Fri) for speakers who decide to attend in our Opening Day for Speakers,

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP
5.6.31. This is a security release. Several security bugs were fixed in
this release.
All PHP 5.6 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.2.0 Alpha 3.
This release contains fixes and improvements relative to Alpha 2.
All users of PHP are encouraged to test this version carefully,
and report any bugs and incompatibilities in the
bug tracking system.

THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!

For information on new features and other changes, you can read the
NEWS file,
or the UPGRADING file
for a complete list of upgrading notes. These files can also be found in the release archive.

For source downloads of PHP 7.2.0 Alpha 3 please visit the download page,
Windows sources and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/qa/.

The first beta will be released on the 20th of July. You can also read the full list of planned releases on our
wiki.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP
7.0.21. This is a security release. Several security bugs were fixed in
this release.
All PHP 7.0 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.2.0 Alpha 2.
This release contains fixes and improvements relative to Alpha 1.
All users of PHP are encouraged to test this version carefully,
and report any bugs and incompatibilities in the
bug tracking system.

THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!

For information on new features and other changes, you can read the
NEWS file,
or the UPGRADING file
for a complete list of upgrading notes. These files can also be found in the release archive.

For source downloads of PHP 7.2.0 Alpha 2 please visit the download page,
Windows sources and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/qa/.

The third and final alpha will be released on the 6th of July. You can also read the full list of planned releases on our
wiki.

With over 250 million PHP applications driven by a global community of more than 5 million active developers and all enterprises adopting open source software, ZendCon 2017 brings you a curated selection of the best experts, training, and networking opportunities to embrace this vast ecosystem.

Take advantage of unique opportunities to attend a wide variety of in-depth technical sessions, participate in exhibit hall activities, and connect with experts. Learn about the best in enterprise PHP and open source development, focusing on the latest for PHP 7, the evolution of frameworks and tools, API excellence, and innovation on many open source technologies related to the web.

Experience web development with the very best to accelerate great PHP.

The International PHP Conference is the world's first PHP conference and stands since more than a decade for top-notch pragmatic expertise in PHP and web technologies. At the IPC, internationally renowned experts from the PHP industry meet up with PHP users and developers from large and small companies. Here is the place where concepts emerge and ideas are born - the IPC signifies knowledge transfer at highest level.

All delegates of the International PHP Conference have, in addition to PHP program, free access to the entire range of the International JavaScript Conference taking place at the same time.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.2.0 Alpha 1.
This release marks the beginning of the second minor release in the PHP 7.x series.
All users of PHP are encouraged to test this version carefully,
and report any bugs and incompatibilities in the
bug tracking system.

THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!

For information on new features and other changes, you can read the
NEWS file,
or the UPGRADING file
for a complete list of upgrading notes. These files can also be found in the release archive.

For source downloads of PHP 7.2.0 Alpha 1 please visit the download page,
Windows sources and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/qa/.

The second alpha will be released on the 22nd of June. You can also read the full list of planned releases on our
wiki.

This year we are refactoring php[world] into a more focused PHP conference concentrating on providing our attendees deep-dive content which teach core lessons about PHP. We also want talks covering advanced topics in applications and frameworks built in PHP (such as Drupal, WordPress, Laravel, Symfony, and Magento). We encourage submissions on technologies crucial to modern Web development such as HTML5, JavaScript, and emerging technologies. Ideas surrounding the entire software life cycle are often big hits for our attendees. Finally, we do welcome non-technical proposals that will appeal to a developer audience.

This year it will be a 2-day conference with concurrent workshops, preceded by two days of training classes. We've also updated our comprehensive speaker's package this year to simplify it; we will be offering:

A free conference ticket

Round-trip economy airfare booked by us

Accommodations at the conference hotel:

3 nights for speakers & workshop presenters

5 nights for training class teachers

Don't hesitate, the Call for Speakers is only open until June 23rd, 2017. So get those submissions in soon, we look forward to hearing from you!

While we are eagerly waiting for IPC Spring and webinale to come in later May, we are already preparing for the fall edition of IPC this year. The conference's date is October 23th to 27th and the location will be Munich again.

We are looking forward to your submissions for workshops, sessions & keynotes. Please submit your proposals in English language. Please see our list below of topics which we'd love to see covered, but we are sure that you'll add also some extra stuff which is great and which we do not expect!

We are glad to announce that we’ll be organizing the 11th edition of the Dutch PHP Conference, which will be
held in Amsterdam from June 29th to July 1st 2017. Thursday 29th will be the tutorial day and June 30th and July
1st will be the main conference days. DPC brings together the best speakers and PHP, Javascript and front-end
talent from Europe and beyond for three days of high-level technical sessions. Our
schedule
is already online and features a variety of talks on PHP, DevOps, Security & privacy, microservices, JavaScript,
databases and much more; so come along to our two main conference days on June 30 and July 1 in Amsterdam.

In-depth tutorial sessions
The tutorial day on Thursday June 29 at the same venue gives an opportunity for a smaller number of attendees to
spend some time with an expert, going in-depth on particular topics - topics like Docker, domain modelling, Mob
programming, ES6, Drupal8, Progressive Web Apps and more are all on offer. These are small groups so that
presenters can respond to individual questions, and as a result places are limited.

Want to get your web development ideas in front of a live audience? The call for papers for the ConFoo Vancouver 2017 web developer conference is open! If you have a burning desire to hold forth about PHP, databases, JavaScript, or any other web development topics, we want to see your proposals. The window is open only from April 10 to May 8, 2017, so hurry. An added benefit: If your proposal is selected and you live outside of the Vancouver area, we will cover your travel and hotel.

You’ll have 45 minutes for the talk, with 35 minutes for your topic and 10 minutes for Q&A. We can’t wait to see your proposals!

Until the talks are picked, the price for the tickets will be at its lowest. Once the talks are announced, prices will go up. Check out the last conference to get an idea of what to expect.

We are happy to announce the dates for *Pacific Northwest PHP Conference (PNWPHP) 2017 are September 7-9, and will held at University of Washington in Seattle! The CFP site - http://cfp.pnwphp.com - has launched, where talk submissions will accepted through May 15th, 2017.

The Pacific Northwest PHP Conference is a 3-day event in Seattle, Washington for PHP and Web developers. Our past conferences have included world renown speakers from the PHP community, about a wide range of topics — from APIs and CMS to unit testing and version control

The PHP Unicorn Conference is an online conference dedicated to the programming language PHP. You’ll see talks from some of the world’s more recognizable PHP experts; speaking talent so rare, we call them Unicorns.

It is true there are many great PHP conferences happening around the world and you should go to as many as can, but if you have a hard time getting to one or can’t spare the time, why not let the conference come to you? The PHP Unicorn Conference comes streaming right to your computer, wherever in the world you might be.

So, join us online on May 4, 2017 for an all-day, can’t miss PHP event and hang out with some PHP Unicorns!!!

We are happy to announce the CFP for ZendCon 2017 has launched at https://cfp.zendcon.com where we will accept talk submissions until April 14th, 2017.

With over 250 million PHP applications driven by a global community of more than 5 million active developers and all enterprises adopting open source software, ZendCon 2017 brings you a curated selection of the best experts, training, and networking opportunities to embrace this vast ecosystem.

Take advantage of unique opportunities to attend a wide variety of in-depth technical sessions, participate in exhibit hall activities, and connect with experts. Learn about the best in enterprise PHP and open source development, focusing on the latest for PHP 7, the evolution of frameworks and tools, API excellence, and innovation on many open source technologies related to the web.

Experience web development with the very best to accelerate great PHP.

Join us on Friday, September 22nd, 2017 for a full day of tutorials followed by three tracks of amazing talks on Saturday, September 23rd, 2017. Now in its fifth year, Madison PHP Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, USA focuses on PHP, related web technologies, and professional development - everything you need to energize your career. This event is organized by the locally-run Madison PHP user group and is designed to offer something for attendees at all skill levels. Madison PHP Conference 2017 will be two days of networking, learning, sharing, and great fun!

Have you ever thought about giving a talk at a user group or at a conference but weren't sure what to talk about? Weren't sure how to format your slides? Weren't sure where to even start? Learn some tips for finding a topic, creating your talk, and engaging your audience at our speaker's workshop:Speaking at a Conference or User Group
Thursday, April 6, 2017 - 7:00 PM
RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/madisonphp/events/233865912/

Join us on Friday, September 22nd, 2017 for a full day of tutorials followed by three tracks of amazing talks on Saturday, September 23rd, 2017. Now in its fifth year, Madison PHP Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, USA focuses on PHP, related web technologies, and professional development - everything you need to energize your career. This event is organized by the locally-run Madison PHP user group and is designed to offer something for attendees at all skill levels. Madison PHP Conference 2017 will be two days of networking, learning, sharing, and great fun!

CakeFest is organized for developers,
managers and interested newcomers alike. Bringing a world of unique skill
and talent together in a celebration and learning environment around the
worlds most popular PHP framework.

Celebrating over eleven years of success in the PHP and web development
community, CakePHP’s 2017 conference
will be an event not to miss.

With two workshop days (8th/9th June) as well as two jam-packed conference
days (10th/11th June), this is an open source conference not to miss out on!

Are you a speaker looking for a new and interesting conference to speak at? CakeFest 2017 NYC is the place for you! A lot of things interest us, so why not come join in! CFP closes 15th March and Speakers will be announced before 31st March 2017

Tickets are selling fast, so you better grab yours while you still can!

This is all being provided by 40 different speakers from around the world, including speakers from companies like Slack, Oracle, MongoDB, Etsy, Rackspace, IBM, Salesforce, GitLab, AOL, and much much more.

We sincerely look forward to seeing you in Atlanta this May! It's going to be the best php[tek] ever!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP
5.6.30. This is a security release. Several security bugs were fixed in
this release.
All PHP 5.6 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

According to our release calendar, this PHP 5.6 version
is the last planned release that contains regular bugfixes. All the consequent releases
will contain only security-relevant fixes, for the term of two years.
PHP 5.6 users that need further bugfixes are encouraged to upgrade to PHP 7.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP
7.0.15. This is a security release. Several security bugs were fixed in
this release.
All PHP 7.0 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

Istanbul PHP User Group is proud to announce that the PHPKonf 2017! We'll host some of the best speakers, awesome talk topics, latest technologies, and up to date news in PHP. Join us on 20th of May for a multi-track conference in ancient city Istanbul! We’ve something for every level of PHP developer with 1 keynotes, 14 talks.